The Malmaison Castle (Château de Malmaison) in Rueil-Malmaison west of Paris was the residence of Emperor Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
Empress Josephine At Château de Malmaison 1804.
Category: 19th Century
Woman from Kamtschatka, Russia 1840
Woman from Kamtschatka, Russia 1840 From the book: Mœurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d’après des documents and authentiques et les voyages des plus récents; (1843) Author:… Read More
Costume of British Alderman
Costume of British Alderman 1843 Title of Assistant Secretary in the British Isles, member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. From the Book: Manners, customs and costumes of all… Read More
The stable, 19th century painting.
The stable, 19th century. Original ‘L’etable from Le livre d’or de la peinture, by M. Jean Armengaud. Published in Paris, 1866-1867.
Costume Iman of Turkey, Ottoman Empire 1843.
Costume Iman of Turkey, Ottoman Empire 1843.
Godey’s Fashions for November, 1874.
Godey’s Fashions for November, 1874. Fashion Plate of Godey’s Ladies Book. Victorian Crinoline Costumes.
The Fairy Ariel by William Shakespeare
Ariel (air spirit), a fictional character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
The Camel and the Arab
The Camel and the Arab. Arabian Camel Driver. From The Archive of the Old Print Man. The Art Journal, 1857.
New York working girls in an Opium Den, 1883.
Scene In An Opium Den, In Pell Street, New York. Frequented By Working Girls. 1883.
The Hara Kiri scene from the Japanese play of Chiushingura
Chiushingura: Or, The Loyal League, a Japanese Romance by Izumo Takeda (1880)